Can-opener



M. L. HAWKS.

CAN OPENER.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT3Y i919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT MOSES L.V HAWKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAN-OPENER.

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Application filed September 3, 19519.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Moses L. I'Inwks, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Can-Opener, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of this 'invention is to provide simple and eicient means for adjusting' and locking the can opener knife in the desired position on the shank of the frame.

This and other objects set forth in the following' specification I attain by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l shows the preferred form in perspective,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of same,

F ig. 3 is a face view of the small member with spur, before being bent in the inal form, p

Fig. 4; is a face view of the blank from which the can opener knife is formed, and

F ig. 5 shows the can opener with a modified form of the handle portion.

In the construction of my improved can opener preferably I use a single piece of fiat steel wire for the frame which is bent and formed substantially as shown in Fig. l, of the drawings, the piece from which the frame is made is first provided with a perforation in the center and also two perforations near the ends as will be seen. The piece is bent backward at the center forming the shank, the two sides or arms of which diverge and are some distance apart at the point where the handle begins, as shown in F ig. l of the drawings. The two sides of the handle portion are practically parallel with each other or may be of form shown in F ig. 5, and may provide means for inserting a hardened steel bar for sharpening purposes; the two free ends of the wire being secured in place by means of a screw or rivet passino' through the perforations near the ends as shown.

fr small member carrying a spur that passes through the central perforation in the frame and extending outward therefrom is secured in place as shown at 3 in Fi .2.

can opener knife is formed from a fiat S ecicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 321,452.

blank shown in F ig. 4 and overlaps the shank as shown and which ts closely around the shank at a point near the outer end where the two arms of the shank bear upon each other, the diverging sides or arms of the shank serve to provide a spring tension for the purpose of holding the can opener knife in the desired position on the shank, In opening cans of different size or diameter,l the under side of the shank may be provided with a series of depressions shown at T in Fig. l; the underside of the can opener knife is preferably provided with a corresponding depression or struck in portion 6, that iit into the depressions in the shank andwhich serve to more se curely lock the knife in position on the ing arms of the shank acting in conjunction with the can opener knife.

Having described my invention, what I. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

. l. can opener consisting of a frame having diverging spring arms forming the shank, a can opener knife adjustably mount-V ed on said shank and overlapping the same, he knife being clamped or held in the deired position on said shank, by means of ie spring tension of the diverging arms of e shank, acting in conjunction with the y'erlainning knife portion.

2. A can opener consisting of a frame having diverging spring arms forming the shank, a can opener knife adjustably mounted on said shank and overlapping the same, one of the arms of the shank having a series of depressions therein, the can opener knife having a corresponding struck in postion adapted to iit into the depressions in the shank substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

` MOSES L. HAW'KS.

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